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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2016
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Rakesh Narayan Iyer, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Joseph Onorato, Cambridge, MA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computing system of a vehicle for controlling a vehicle or systems within a vehicle. The computing system comprises a presence-sensitive panel within the vehicle, an infrared camera configured to capture images in a three-dimensional space within the vehicle, at least one processor; and at least one storage device that stores instructions. When the instructions are executed, they case the at least one processor to: receive, from the presence-sensitive panel, a first indication of input, receive, from the infrared camera, a second indication of input, and determine, based on at least one of the first indication of input or the second indication of input, an operation to be performed.